Garment-pocket.



N. 731,640. 7 PATENTED JUNE 23, 1 903.

J. D. WBNTWORTH, DECD. u. M. wnmwon'rfn. nxnou1'n1x- GARMENT POCKET.

` YAPELICLATIOIN FILED JUNE 12. 1902.

AW@ mwarth @d UNITED STATEsf Patented .T une 23, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

,MABEL M. WENTWORTH, or LYNN,'MAssAoHUsETTs, .EXECUTRIX or Jol-1N i D. WnNTwoRTmDEoEAsED.

. which the following,

` 2 is a front elevation: of the pocket shown in GARMENT-POCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters ramene-N0. 731,640, dated June 23, 1903.

. Application filed June l2, 1902'. Serial No. 111,425. (No model.)

ToaZZ whom t may concern: Be it known that JoHND. WENTwoRTH, (de: ceased,)' of Lynn, county of Essex, and Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, did invent certain Improvements in Garment-Pockets, of read in connection with the accompanying drawings,is a specification.I

This invention has for its object the provi.`

sion of a garment-pocket of ,more economical construction and greater strength than those Vheretofore constructed, as well as one which is not liable to rip or tear at the corners.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a rear perspective view of Ltheinvention,v

partly turned back to disclose the stay. Fig.

. Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a detail view of the stay, folded and ready for attachmentto the pocket bag and garment materials.

The garment material 2 is provided With a pocket-incision '3, made by cutting through the material betweenpoints 4, 5, which points determine or indicate the pocleticorners, so called.

In further carrying out this invention the stay 6 is secured by stitches 7 or other suite able means to the upper edge of part a ofthe garment material, said part constituting the lower side of the pocket-incision 3' and forming the outer or free moving side of the pocket. In the present instance the pocketbag b is made or consists of a pieceof material separate from the garment material, as-

I i shown in the rear lView ofthe pocket, Fig. l. 35

The lower portion of'the pocketfbag b is se-A i cured to the inside face of the garment matey which formation, it will be observed, causes the present instance the interposed between the stay 6 and the garment material aA The stay 6 is first creased or folded longitudinally or lengthwise, as at 15, and is then folded or creased laterally and diagonallynear its ends, as at 12 and 14,

the ends 8 9 to extend obliquely to the median or longitudinal fold l5 of the stay. In stay is connected directly with the garment material, and when so connected the corner e of the crease or 'fold 14 is made to coincide or register approximatel y with the pocket-corner 4, and the corner f of the fold or crease-l2 is fixed in like relation to the pocket-corner 5.

The ends of the stay 6 extend from the outer Walla of the pocket across the incision 3 and are secured by stitches or other suit- 6o able means to the garment material, which forms the inner garment side of the pocket, the stay and garment materials being also preferably secured together at the corners 4 5 of the pocket. In other Words, the ends of the stay are secured to the upper portion of the garment material 2 upon the inside surface thereof and above the pocket-incision 3, and preferably the pocket-bag, or the inside wall of the pocket b, is also secured along its 7o upper edge to the garment material 2 above the pocket-incision 3 and to the ends of the stay. As shown, this stay is preferably formed of a single piece of material which is folded longitudinally; but obviously a separate piece may be used for each pocket-corner andthe longitudinal fold l5 may be omitted Without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

When the stay 6 has been applied, it will be 8o observed that the folds or corners l2 14 are located in the pocket-bag now formed at a distance from the side seams thereof and are freely or loosely supported therein, being unconnected by stitches or other securing means to the garment or pocket-bag material, so that when the pocket is distended, as shown in Fig. 2, the stays are straightened out in time to take the strain and prevent it from coming upon the garment material' at the pocket-,cor- 9o ners 4 5, the strain bearing upon the stay in line with the length weave or Warp thereof, whereby to obviate all cross-tearing or weft strain, thus affording great strength and durability.

Having fully described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

l. A garment-pocket comprising a garment therein, a stay secured to the garment material below the incision, the ends of the stay material having a pocket-incision formed roo extending through the pocket-incision near the ends thereof, the ends of the stay being bent upward and secured to that portion of the garment material above the pocket-incision and a pocket-bag secured to the garment material adjacent the pocket-incision.

2. A garment-pocket comprising a garment material having a pocket -incision formed therein, a stay secured to the garment material below the incision, the ends of the stay extending through the pocket-incision near the ends thereof, the ends of the stay being bent upward and secured to that portion of the garment material above the pocket-incision, and a pocket-bag secured to the rear face of the garment material, the upper edge of the pocket-bag extending above the pocket-incision.

3. A garment-pocket comprising a garment material having1 a pocket incision formed therein, a stay secured to the garment material below the incision, the material of which the stay is formed being folded longitudinally, the ends of the stay extending through the pocket-incision near the ends thereof,the ends of the stay being bent upward and secured to that portion of the garment above the pocketincision and a pocket-bag secured to the garment material adjacent the pocket-incision.

4. A garment-pocket comprising a garment material provided with an incision therein, a stay, the central portion of which is secured t0 the garment material below the incision and approximately parallel with the incision, the ends of the stay being bent over upon the body portion thereon and adapted to extend through the incision, the extreme ends of the stay secured to the garment material above the incision, a pocket-bag secured t0 the rear face of the garment material and extending above the incision, the folded portions of the stay being free to partially straighten out when the pocket is distended, and adapted to take the strain from the corners of the pocket-incision- 5. A garment-pocket comprising a garment material having a pocket-incision formed therein, a stay secured to the garment material below the incision, the ends of the stay extending through the pocket-incision near the ends thereof, the ends of the stay being bent upward and secured to that portion of the garment material above the pocket-incision, and a pocket-bag secured to the rear face of the garment material, the upper edge of the pocket-bag extending above the pocketincision, and covering the ends of the stay whereby the ends are completely inclosed and protected.

MABEL M. WENTWORTH, Eecutrim under the will of Jom D. Wentworth.

Vitnesses:

C. B. TUTTLE, A. M. TUTTLE. 

